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Highly anticipated report did not mention future role of AT1 capital
After spending more than 25 years at the UK bank in DCM roles, he leaves as group treasurer
He will report to Barry Donlon, head of global debt capital markets
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Any talk of relaxing leverage ratio relief in the eurozone is premature, according to the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, which said this week that the support measure must remain in place until the economy has moved on from the impact of the pandemic. -
Bank of America has set up an EMEA ESG strategic council chaired and led by three senior investment bankers, to intensify its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and manage its climate risks. BofA made a net zero commitment in February but has not yet set out its decarbonisation trajectory.
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The UK has begun the process of creating its own versions of the European Union’s sustainable finance regulations, by picking a Green Technical Advisory Group to help it draft a green taxonomy. It will face two conflicting priorities: to maximise harmonisation by staying close to EU rules; and to depart from them, for a variety of reasons including the possibility of improving on the EU’s approach.
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The Green and Social Bond Principles organisation published the first new version of the Green Bond Principles since 2018 on Thursday. It strengthens the recommendations that issuers publish a bond framework and obtain an external review, and encourages issuers to communicate about their organisation-wide sustainability efforts, not just the assets linked to the labelled bond.
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Bank of America has set up an EMEA ESG strategic council chaired and led by three senior investment bankers, to intensify its effort to reduce its carbon footprint and manage its climate risks.
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Natixis had not expected Brexit to happen, but after the vote, it pushed ahead anyway with plans to relocate staff to London. After four years and one strategic review, the French bank is now in the midst of moving staff back to mainland Europe.
